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    A Spring Visit to the Garden Center

    One of my favourite things to do in the Spring is to visit some of my local garden centres. It is a time in between the seasons when you aren’t quite ready to put flowers outside but it is a great source of inspiration. I find that it gets me…

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    Spring Tiered Tray Inspiration

    The season of Spring represents new beginnings and growth. It is a time of new buds, raindrops, and flowers blooming. I always find that Spring is an opportunity to get excited about warmer weather and getting to see nature start to green up after the long winter. I love adding…

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    Update Your Spring Wreath in Two Simple Steps

    Last year I wrote a blog post about updating my front door wreath for Spring, and this year I’m looking to change it up again. I’m using a more expensive green wreath as a neutral base so that I can update and change it in many different ways. Last year…

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    Spring Flower Collage Art

    Have you ever just painted carefree and filled up a page with colour? Recently my daughter introduced me to collage, and the beauty of piecing together painted pieces of paper to create art. She follows a well known artist, Clover Robin, who uses collage brilliantly in her artwork. She is…

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    Get ready for Summer Gardening!

    Do you ever get really excited about something? Well on my latest adventure to my local garden centre I soaked up the wonder of the West Coast Seeds display. I perused the great selection of seeds and was so excited to find some ground cherry seeds. I had recently seen…

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    Happy Easter! DIY Place Setting

    Here is the perfect quick place setting if you are looking for a little something extra for your Easter table scape! I found these great mini terracotta pots at my local dollar store. I have reused them multiple times for different projects. They are just so cute! For this project,…

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    Path to the Pussy Willows

    Did you know that the pussy willow is the first plant to flower in spring? When spring comes, I’m always on the hunt for pussy willows. They just remind me of new beginnings and the promise of the growing season ahead. When I was young, the women in my life…

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    Easy Spring Front Door Wreath Refresh

    Let’s say goodbye to the festive wreath on the front door and change things up for Spring. Today there are rain showers and there is mud in the backyard. Even though there is some snow still on the ground we are all ready for Spring. I heard my first robin…